“I’ve worked as a professional journalist in Chicago for more than three decades. I’ve uncovered questionable activity in government groups, nonprofits, and private companies. But I don’t think I have ever seen a group so intent on trying to personally attack the journalist covering the issue.” - Monica Eng, journalist, WBEZ, Chicago’s NPR station The “group” Eng was referring to, in her interview with The Progressive, is Monsanto and Big Biotech. In a scathing indictment of the biotech industry’s assault on journalism and scientists, journalist Paul D. Thacker digs deep into the many nefarious tactics Monsanto and others in the industry deploy in their quest to discredit journalists and experts who dare to speak truth to power. Here’s an excerpt: Hints of the biotech industry’s media tactics have leaked from court cases filed against Monsanto alleging glyphosate causes ca...